Three players see a flop of . A player bets 800 and Terry Garner goes all in. Cory Albertson folds. Garner's opponent cackles. "Now we're playing poker. This is sick. This is sick."
The call is 27,500 for a total of 28,300. Garner puts his head down in his arms. "Going to sleep on me?" his opponent says. "What do you want me to do? Whatever you say, I'll do it."
"I don't care," Garner says.
His opponent eventually folds.
Despite this win, Garner goes out a short time later when his runs into his opponent's on a board of .
The decision is made to play eight levels today instead of nine. With 15 minutes to go in this level, that means there is 90 minutes of play left on day 1 with a 15 minute break in between.
Matt Russell bets 2,500 preflop and Dennis Anness shoves for 26,000. Russell calls for his last 11,300 and turns over . Anness has and the board is 7-4-5-7-2. Anness is reduced to about a tenth of his original size. He goes out a short time later when his tens run into Captain Tom's kings.
The board was A-A-8 with two spades. Goldberg with bet 2,500 and is called. The turn was a spade, giving him the flush, and he fired out 4,000. His opponent, who Goldberg said was his nemesis all day long, called. The river was the 2 and Goldberg fired another 8,000. His opponent called and turned over A-2 for the boat. See ya at the series, Goldberg.
Mike Beasley is out in a hand involving K-K and 4-4. Fred Goldberg is also out.
At another table, Player 1 bets 1500. Player 2 shoves for 5600. Larry Vance calls for exactly 5600 and is also all in. The first player is priced in and calls. Player 1 has , Player 2 has and Vance has . The board is and Larry Vance is eliminated.
Across the room, Zachary King raises to 2500 in the small blind. Chris Moneymaker raises all in to 17,500 in the big blind. King calls and turns kings. Moneymaker turns A-10 offsuit. The board is 4-2-6-2-3 and Moneymaker is gone.